Brojomohun College

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Brojomohun College
ব্রজমোহন কলেজ
BM College Logo.png
Motto
সত্য, প্রেম ও পবিত্রতা
Motto in English
Truth, Love and Purity
Type University college
Established14 June,1889;135 years ago (14 June,1889)
Affiliation Bangladesh National University
Principal Professor Dr. Sheikh Md. Tazul Islam
Students30,000+
Location,
Bangladesh

22°42′44″N90°21′23″E / 22.7121°N 90.3565°E / 22.7121; 90.3565
Campus Urban (60 acres)
Website bmcollege.gov.bd

Govt. Brojomohun College, Barishal, [1] commonly known as BM College, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Bangladesh. It is located in the city of Barishal in south-western Bangladesh. [2]

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History

On June 14, 1889, Ashwini Kumar Dutta founded Brojo Mohan College, which was named after his father, Brajamohan Dutta. [2]

The first principal of the college was Babu Gyan Chandra Chowdhury. While Ashwini Kumar Dutta taught English and logic, Kali Prasanna Ghosh taught history and Kamini Kumar BidyaRatna taught Sanskrit and Bengali. In 1898, BM College was transformed into a "First Grade College" from a "Second Grade College". In 1912, the college went to government management from personal management strategy. In the beginning the college used the BM School campus and was relocated its own present complex sometime later.

BM College, affiliated to University of Calcutta, started honours course in English and philosophy in 1922, in Sanskrit and mathematics in 1925, in chemistry in 1928, and in economics in 1929. The time from 1922 to 1948 is called the "Golden Period" of the college. The governor of Bengal at that time, Sir Udbarn, once commented on BM College, "The college promises some day to challenge the supremacy of the metropolitan (Presidency) College."

After the partition of India creation of Pakistan in 1947, the college lacked teachers and the student body fell to one third of its post-war size. This made it difficult to teach the same numbers of courses and as a result the two year Honors curriculum conducted by Calcutta University was replaced with the three Honors curriculum of Dhaka University. As a consequence, Honors courses except Mathematics were abolished in 1950. In 1952, Honors in mathematics had also been discontinued. In 1964, Honors in economics restarted. Several other Honors and Masters Courses started between 1972 and 2005.

The time since 1965 has been called the "Age of Enrichment" of the college. There are 20 degree (pass) courses, 22 Honors courses and 21 Masters courses at BM College. On 10th January 2014, Honors Course in Statistics was launched under the leadership of Professor Biplab Kumar Bhattacharjee in collaboration with Prof. Nasim Haider. Professor Biplab Kumar Bhattacharjee was the founding head of the Department of Statistics. Its journey started with only 11 students. HSC course is reestablished in 2016.

Academic departments

Main building BM College, Barisal.jpg
Main building

The university has 22 departments under 4 faculties. The faculties are:

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Business Studies

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Social Sciences

Notable alumni

Notable faculty members

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References

  1. "Govt. BM College at a Glance". bmcollege.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
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